After the initial euphoria, there is a growing concern as inflation goes down to less than a quarter from its 13-year high of 12.91 last August and seems headed towards zero and sub-zero levels beyond this month.
Nearly two million e-mandates for recurring payments have been registered with banks and card networks after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made it mandatory from October 1 to take prior consent of a customer before debiting her account, sources in know of the matter said. Industry estimates peg the recurring transactions at approximately 2.5 per cent of the total volume of transactions, and about 1.5 per cent in terms of value. Of these, around 75 per cent of domestic recurring transactions, and about 85 per cent international recurring payments are below Rs 5,000.
While noting few top persons have dared to question the ambitions of the country's MNCs, the daily quoted Kotak as saying that he was worried about corporate India's over-reach amid a period of global financial turmoil. Indian companies announced an estimated 240 outbound M&A deals in 2007 worth more than 32 billion dollars, up from less than 200 deals worth less than $10 billion in 2006 and not even $5 billion in 2005.
Kotak Mahindra Bank is raising a total of $300 million through three separate offshore funds - an infrastructure fund, a Shari'ah fund for Muslim investors and a multi-cap fund for European investors - to tap the growing appetite of global investors.
Some major private sector banks, such as Deutsche Bank, Yes Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and financial institution Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) are in the race to buy the Rs 500-crore standard loan assets and investments of the Industrial Investment Bank of India (IIBI).
Apart from SBI, UPI 2.0 partner banks are HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, RBL Bank, YES Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, Federal Bank and HSBC.
Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Wednesday said Anand Mahindra has ceased to be a promoter of the bank but will continue to be associated with the lender as a non-executive director.
'For a responsible person like him to utter such nonsense is shameful.' 'He is not fit to be a director on the RBI central board.'
From India, Reliance Industries is the only one in the overall top-200 list and is followed by HDFC Bank at 209th, ONGC at 220th, Indian Oil at 288th and HDFC Ltd at 332nd place.
Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones.
Leading banks lent 18 per cent more to car buyers in 2009-10 at Rs 33,000 crore, compared with Rs 28,000 crore in the previous year.
Rejects proposals by Bank of India, IndusInd, Kotak Mahindra and HDFC.
The Reserve Bank's rate-setting panel, Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), began its three-day deliberations on Wednesday amid expectations of a status quo on benchmark rate mainly on account of uncertainty over the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the fears of firming inflation may also refrain the MPC from tinkering with the interest rate in its bi-monthly monetary policy outcome to be announced on Friday. The RBI had kept key interest rates unchanged at the last MPC meeting held in April.
Kotak Mahindra Group MD Uday Kotak on Friday said it will be tough for stock exchanges to decide whether to stop trading in the Satyam scrip, which has fallen by over 95 per cent in a matter of two days' trading on the NSE.
The New-York based Goldman Sachs, one of the world's oldest and largest investment banking firms, plans to enter the buoyant mutual fund business in India.
For large start-ups the US market is considered to be a preferred destination, as Indian investors were seen as hesitant to pay the kind of valuation private equity investors or the US markets pay. However, Zomato's listing has quashed these notions.
Since the RBI is the 'lender of the last resort', as per terms of arrangement, Yes Bank would have to exhaust immediate liquid assets before accessing this fund.
India's top three IT companies are going to recruit 90,000 more in the Financial Year 2008, a top Kotak Mahindra Asset Management official said in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Gold price in Mumbai's physical market on Friday fell 31.1 per cent or Rs 1,351 to close at Rs 41,848 per 10 gramme. Friday's fall in per cent terms is worst after November 2015 and, in absolute terms, the worst after August 2013. Silver prices fell Rs 2,255 to close 5 per cent lower at Rs 43,085 per kg on Friday.
There are several positive reasons to invest in the NTPC offering from a three-year perspective.
Banks and mutual funds are devising novel methods to grab your deposits.
The MPC headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das will announce the resolution of the meeting at around noon on Thursday.
Mutual fund houses are bullish on the financial sector, notwithstanding the recent beating at the stock market. Fund houses like Kotak Mahindra AMC, Sundaram BNP Paribas & LIC Mutual Fund have drawn up plans to introduce products aimed at the financial services sector. Bank stocks for long had been one of the favourite picks for many fund managers. There was a slowdown in valuations of financial sector stocks but Indian corporate entities still continue to remain attractive.
Gautam Adani, who is diversifying into many businesses, saw a 48 per cent rise in his wealth to Rs 1.40 lakh crore and moved up two places in rankings to being the fourth richest Indian. Hinduja Brothers and HCL's Shiv Nadar were ranked 2nd and 3rd. Wipro's Azim Premji slipped two places to fifth place.
India's premier bourse Bombay Stock Exchange is awaiting market regulator Sebi's nod for offloading 51 per cent stake, in which the likes of Nasdaq and NYSE have shown interest.
'It has taken us 15 years to get to where we are. It obviously doesn't happen overnight.'
Banks say they themselves red-flagged the transactions to RBI. It must be noted that these transactions are not outright evidence of fraud or proof of nefarious activities.
The issue will comprise a secondary share sale worth Rs 600 crore by private equity major Everstone Capital and fresh fundraising worth Rs 400 crore.
Pressure has been mounting on the Reserve Bank of India to cut interest rates in the wake of declining retail inflation and the need to fuel growth momentum. However, the RBI will have to do a tightrope walk as globally interest rates are inching upwards.
Nimesh Kampani, chairman of the JM Financial group, talks to Business Standard on what led to the parting of ways with decade-old foreign partner Morgan Stanley.
The slowdown in retail asset growth and competitive pressure have forced banks to reduce rates on retail loans. After HDFC reducing floating home loan rates by 50 basis point, it is now the turn of Axis Bank, which has reduced its floating home loan rates by 50 basis points.
Kotak Mahindra Bank on Monday launched its online remittance service - FundstoHome - for non-resident Indians.
'The fiscal pressure will be there, but the intent of the government behind this move is to spur demand and growth.'
The real estate space has been buzzing quite a bit of late. Especially after Parsvanath's IPO and the possibility of DLF coming into the market, at current valuations, is this the time to buy into this space?
Shares of RIL on Monday opened at Rs 1,206.50, then gained further ground and touched its 52-week high level of Rs 1,238.05, up 2.87 per cent over its previous closing price.
Investors must keep in mind that the bank has significant room for improvement, which could justify its aggressive valuations of Rs 275.
